Delegate Purkey's

Committees and Commissions

 

*Chairman            House Finance Committee 

 

Chairman            Nanotechnology Commission

                               - develops technology jobs and research

 

Chairman            Transportation Alternative Bond Funding Program

  - develops innovative bond instruments to fund new highway construction
  projects

 

*Vice Chairman    Unemployment Trust Fund

  - monitors solvency of Virginia's Unemployment Trust Fund

 

*Member               Southern States Energy Board

  - addresses utility deregulation and other vital energy issues

 

*Member               Virginia Workforce Development Commission

 

 Member                Government Strike Force

  - promotes government efficiency/consolidation

 

 Member                Debt Analysis Commission

  - monitors Virginia's total indebtedness

 

 Member                Economic Development Commission

  - brings industry to Virginia

 

 Member                Surplus Land Commission

  - identifies all surplus land in Virginia and potentialalternative uses

 

“Private sector job creation is and has been my alternative to higher taxes.”